Feds provide $1 million to rehab farmworker housing
News-Register McMinnville nonprofit Community Home Builders has been awarded nearly $1 million in federal grant funds to rehabilitate 24 units of agricultural worker housing at Villa del Sol apartments in east McMinnville. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden and U.S. Rep. Andrea Salinas announced the award of $956,333 from the
OREGON AND FOUR TRIBES EARN OVER $12 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDS-GRID RESILIENCE
KQEN On Wednesday, Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley as well as Representatives Earl Blumenauer and Val Hoyle announced that Oregon’s Energy Department has secured $10.9 million and four Tribes with members in Oregon have earned a combined $1.16 million in federal investment. A joint release said this is to
Americans bet $100 million on Trump v. Harris, but at what cost?
NPRAn election betting advertisement flashed on screen during coverage of former President Donald Trump’s rally at Madison Square Garden this weekend on the Right Side Broadcasting Network, a conservative media company. “Bet on the US election,” the ad for Kalshi said as Trump spoke on stage. “Bet $100 on Trump,
$95.7 million in federal funds supports water conservation projects
The Madras Pioneer U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley announced Oct. 24 that five rural Oregon conservation projects have secured a total of more than $95 million in federal investment to help farmers, ranchers, and forest landowners adopt and expand strategies that enhance natural resources while tackling the climate
USFWS investing over $46M to boost the Klamath Basin
KOBI Oregon U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services (USFWS) is investing over $46 million into 24 projects to help boost the Klamath Basin. 12 of those projects are in Oregon, accounting for roughly $30 million of the funds. The projects will focus on ecosystem restoration, along
James Beard Public Market headed to downtown Portland
KOIN After eight years of talk and concepts, the James Beard Public Market was officially announced Monday by Portland politicians, city and state leaders and project managers. The James Beard Public Market will be located at SW 6th and Alder with room for the community and a number of small businesses.
Pilot Butte canal piping project gets boost with $25 million federal funding
Bend BulletinA large-scale canal piping and on-farm efficiency project planned by Central Oregon Irrigation District has received a $25 million federal funding grant. The grant will go toward piping a section of Pilot Butte Canal near Redmond, according to a joint statement by Oregon senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, both Democrats.
Port of Coos Bay intermodal project to receive additional $29 million in federal funding
KEZI Oregon officials announced on Friday that a major infrastructural improvement project to the Port of Coos Bay will receive an additional $29 million in federal funding on top of the $25 million that was announced a week ago. The offices of U.S. Representative Val Hoyle (D-Ore), Senator Ron Wyden
Hoyle, Wyden, Merkley, announce $25 million in funding for Port of Coos Bay intermodal project
The World U.S. Representative Val Hoyle and U.S. Senator Ron Wyden and U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley on Oct. 16 announced $25,018,750 in federal funding for the Pacific Coast Intermodal Port (PCIP) Terminal Planning Project. The investment comes from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Nationally Significant Multimodal Freight and Highways Projects
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